David Bazan - Bless This Mess
Here’s a new David Bazan single that’s been released at Stereogum.
Wow.
If you haven’t already, you should definitely check out this recent article about Bazan. It gives some context for the song. I’m definitely looking forward to hearing the new album.
Here are the lyrics to the song (as best I could decipher them):
God bless the man who stumbles
God bless the man who falls
God bless the man who yields to temptation
God bless the woman who suffers
God bless the woman who weeps
God bless the children trying her patience
Trouble getting over it
is what you’re in for
so pour yourself another
‘cause it will take a steady pair of hands
Hold your unholy ghost
well now I can’t tell
but either way you cut it
you should get some distance
if you plan to take a stand
God bless the house divided
God bless the weeds in the wheat
God bless the lamp hid under a bushel
I discovered hell to be the poison in the well
so i tried to warn the others of the curse
but then my body turned on me
I drifted for eternity
my family would learn that I awoke with a wicked thirst
By my baby’s yellow bed
I kissed her forehead and rubbed her little tummy
wondering if she’d soon despise the smell
of the booze on my breath like her mom
Through a darkened mirror i have seen my own reflection
and it makes me want to be a better man
after another drink
God bless the man at the crossroads
God bless the woman who still can’t sleep
God bless the history that doesn’t repeat
